Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, June 26, 1913, Page 9

Y Rules for Young Writers 250 words. 4. Original stories or ,sm,onl) will be used, X [ 9 wmyouunsu_.cmu- dress plaunly at the bottom of the story. Address sll communications te Un- cle Jed, Bulletin Office. * “Whatever you are—Be that; ‘Whatever you say—Be lrue Straightforwardly act Be honest—in fact, Be nobody else but you.” i POETRY, - Shadowa. When I go up to bed at night ,My mother lets me take & Hght To guide me up the stairs; And when 1 set my candle down 1 glve one careful loek around sefore I say my prayers. 1 know that God is always near- And that I have no cause to fear Those shadows on the wall. But when 1 see them all around 1 think some reason shouid 'be found Why-they-are-there-at-all! Sieepy—Sieepy—Sieepy—Siee— As soon as the fire burns red and low, And the house upstairs ls still, She sings me a queer little sleapy song Of.gheep that go over the hill, The gaod little sheep run quick and’ soft, Their colors are gray and white; They follow their leader nose to tail, For they must be home by night. i And one slips over, and one comes next, And one runs far behind; Thetg!?y one’s nose at the white one’s ail, The ‘top of the€ hill they find. J ,\ndhivlrlhen they get to the top of the They quietly slip away, But one runs over and one comes next— Their colors are white and gray. And over they go and over they go, : And over the top of the hill The good little sheep run - quick and soft, And the house upstairs is still. And one slips over and one comes next, The goog little, gray little sheep! 1 watch how the fire burns red and ow, And she says that I fall asieep! —Josephine Dasham Bacon. UNCLE JED’S TALK TO WIDE- AWAKES. Have you resolved tq learn one new fact every. day and to remember it? Just this attention to knowing and remembering -things will make an in- telligent person of any boy or girl. Knowledge increases by this method | as money does in the bank.| A new fact learned and remembered every day means 365 in a year, 3650 in 10 vears and 7,300 faets in 20 years. Just this little attemtion to learning will make a person well-informed at 30 years of age. .3 This may be called mental progress by habit, for after you have got a new fact and remerpbered it every day for a year or two it is just as natural to do it as it is to do simple sums in arithmetic; and you may find you are learning two or three facts daily with- out any extraordinary effort. The acquirement of knowledge is easy enough if you only have a mind to think so. It is the same with doing things for one’s self. Some people surprise you by their practical ability to do thifgs. If they want a thing they m it. An all round man is not made in a four vears course, but by his prac- tical demonstration of his ability and taste. He thinks he can do a thing and proceeds to find out whether or not he is mistaken. Nine times in ten he is not—he accomplishes .his self-imposed task. Make yourself accomplished by mak- ing yourself do things. . WIBNERS OF PRIZE BOOKS, 1—Bernice L. Green of Willimantiec, Rob and His Friends, by John Brown. 2—Lillian Brehaut of East Norwich, The Motor Boat Club at Nantucket, by’ H. Irving Hancoeek. ~3—Stanley Dickinsen of Neorwich fall Town, Dick Prescott’s Third Year at West t, by H. vatn( Hancock,™ . 4-—Mildred Grandz of Yantic, Motor Boat Clup off Long Island, by H. Irv- 5—Alice Gorman of Versailles, Tom Swift in the City of Gold, by Victor Appleton. §—Eric_Gilbert of Danielson, The Best of Friends, by Will Allen Dom- soode. . - : 5 7--Jonas Bienenstock of Uncasville, The G ar School Boys of Gridley, by H. Irving Hancock. ; 8—Asa Hyman of Norwich, The Hickory Ridge Boy Scouts, by Capt. Alan Dousglas. Winners of books living in the city may call at The Bulletin business of- fice for them at any hour after 10 a. m. on Thursday. Llfills OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT. Lillian Brehaut of East Norwich, N. Y.: I received the nice prize book you sent , entitled The Automobile Girls at Chiéago. I have read it and found it very interesting. I thank you very much for it. I received the prize book vou sent me, ‘entitled A Girl from America. I have read part of it and find It very interesting. 1 thank you very much for it. Rich&rd Moran of Norwich: Tom Swift in Captivity is a splendid book and I thank you for it. I have read three or four of these series. Letters of Acknowledgment. Frederick C. Kendall of Norwich: T thank you for the book I received as a prize. I hawe almost finished read- ing it and like it very much. Ruth Kingsley, of Scotland: I thank you ever so much for the prize book. I began to read it last night and fin- ished it this morning. It was the first prize book I had ever won. I liked it very much. LETTERS TO UN-GLE vED. Malcolm’s Country Home. Dear Uncle Jed: I live on a country road. There is a little pond across the road and a little pine grove out in our yard. There are four gray squirrels in the pine trees. I put nuis out under the pine trees and they will come and eat them up. V?e‘ have two dogs named Spot and Mutt! MALCOLM WILSON, Age 9. Spencer, Mass. A Country Ride. Dear Uncle Jed: Nearly every Sun- day last summer father used to take | us to a large farm. { ‘When we came to a bridge we rested | and ate our lunch. After we had fin- ished we would pick the water lilies by the side of the pond. My father showed us the historic Nathan Hale schoolhouse. After wo reached the farm we took turns on the swing. Then we would g0 wandering and sailing pieces of wood for boats. We could look across the Thames river and see Brewster's Neck, On the way back I saw a chipmunk blinking at me. I watened him scamper ‘up & tree and go into his nest. He ecame out again and stuffed his mouth with nutd” and went to his nest. On the way home I also saw the paper mill. I hopé I go again this sum- mer. ASA HYMAN, Age 11. Norwich. Raleigh’s Settlement of Virginia. Dear Uncle Jed: I thought I would writé you about Sir Walter Raleigh and his attempts to settle Virginia. He ‘was a favorite of Queen Elizabeth. In 1584 she granted him a charter which gave him the right to ssttle in Amer- ica. The next vear Raleigh sent out a colony that settied on-Roanoke Is- | land. After nearly a year of the new world they became very homesick and went back to England. Raleigh was very much disappointed at the return of the colony and sent out another. This one was lost and never heard of again. Raleigh had spent about a million dollars on his colonies and had failed, but his example was never forgotten, and for the next century and a hailf| people kept up the colonization of America. STANLEY DICKINSON, Age 11. Norwich Town. She Likes to Watch the Birds. Dear Uncle Jed: I have not written to you for a'long time, as I have been busy going to school and taking music lessons. But as I .am having my va- cation I will write, I am very fond of birds. 1 like to see their little ones. I know where: there are some little swallows. They are v cunning, looking over the nest .when the motker bird goes out to get | something for them. Their father stays near them, so that no danger will come to them, Last year there was a little bird lighted on my sunflower and. began picking the seeds off, and each time he would pickea seed it would drop. There ‘was a hén down below it and she would Grandpa Ashton waited for spring because he was obliged to do se; but Grandma Ashton says he was often rather cross during that long, cold win- ter. Hvery day when school was oeut, Grandpa Ashton used to sit by the window and bow and sm#e to the pass. ing children. He liked to see the seven children go hopping and skipping along the road, swinging their dinper pails, kioking the snow, or playing snowball; he said it cheered his heart ‘to see their rosy cheeks. 3 The day Grandpa Ashion knew that winter had packeg up his overcoat and icicles and was surely gone, he watch- ed for the lchool\chi{drm ‘When they appeared, laughing and shouting for Joy because it was Friday, Grandpa Ashton tapped loud on the window and motioned for them to come. “Spring is here!” “We know if, we know 1t!” shouted the chiidren. “We'll'bring you pussy willows next week!” . ‘That is the very reason I called you!” declareq Grandpa Ashton. I wish to tell you this: I'll give a do] to see & violet growing! The chil brings me a violet, roots and . have a doflar!” 2 s only ?’no of thb»lmn“ v:lw dw 'y _and promise to searc: the wo for Qfi\vm,ot‘ the next day, was Goldie Brown. She perly ., Ths next dey y, and Matirday was Gol- ; day, ine siways washied breakfast dishes, did the dusting and took card of the t ; little ones, ral her mother kes, 3 coskies, and got the house in order for plng. to. sive. a Bunday , b ] “Grandpa Ashton 18 dollar te the o E was one Choicest Measures in Path of Duty llar frst T violet,” one of the children explained, “and it wouldn’t be fair if we didn't stop for Goldie!” “I am sorry,” explained Mrs. Brown, slowly, “but I can’t spare Goldie this morning.” At first Goldie Brown couldn’t help crying; but she washed the dishes, did the dusting. and took care of the three little sisters a® if nothing had happen- ed—as if she didn’'t long to be with the care-free childfen sedarching for vio- lets! By the time Mrs. Brown asked Goldie to go to. the bettom of the garden after horseradish roots the lit- The hen seemed e [t ek e nter ‘saw -pure umber of times. T wonp T.Do any of tl L. GREEN. Age 9. BERNICE ‘Willimantic. Lillian Has Been Busy. Dear Uncle Jed: I have had a nice time this week picking cherries. We had some lovely large cnes. We have three little kittens. One is other is black and white. My father found a little rabbit in the woods. He brought it home and made a large box to keep it in; then he gave it to my sister and 1. We feed it bran, clover, bread and grass. Our school closed Thursday, the 19th of June. All our roses are in bloom. pink, red and #hite ones. Friday we had a storm. We have been very busy duripg ex- aminations. I liked spelling and draw- ing best. LILLIAN BREHAUT, Age 15. Bast Norwich, N. Y. ‘We have Helen Patterson and the Indians. Dear Uncle: Jed I thought :I would write to you about Helen Patterson and the Indians. One day when Helen’s father and brother were gone some Indians came to capture her. They opened the win- dow and captured Helen. On the win- dow sill were some balls of yarn which Helen had been spinning. On the way she tore some of her skirts and threw the pieces into the path. When the Indians saw what she was doing they watched her. At night she took a saddlé and put it on a stol- en horse and rode safely home. ROSE MONTY. South Canterbury. STORIES WRITTEN BY WIDE- AWAKES. The Story of a Book. I am a book and am very proud of it. If the Wide Awakes would like to hear of my life, I will-tell them it. The first thing I can remember is that T just came out of a factory which prints books. After Ivwas all printed I was put in a red and blue cover and they printed my name on the cov- er. I am Uncle Tom's Cabin. I was sent to a schoolhouse in New York. It was a large school and I was put in one of the classes. The teacher put me in a glass bookcase with many others. One day a girl took me to her seat and read me. When she finished she sald I was a good book. I was at that school a year and the teacher sent mg to a school in Mont- ville, a school very different from the city school. 3 The Montville school waa very warm by day ,but it was cold at night; but my cover kept me pretty warm. One day the teacher read me aloud to the class. They liked the story very much. Some parts made them ery and some parts made them laugh. It happened that a fire broke out and I was burned. And I am nothing but ashes now—boo! boo!! oo!!! eol!!! JONAS BIEDNENSTOCK, Age 12. Uncasville, Autobiography of a Tree. I am a little seed just put into the ground to grow. It is very dark and dry down here; I'm afraid I will die. -1t was raining very hard thé day my little head popped out of the ground. I thought it very pleasant to see houses and green fields around me. I am growing every day, and g}'owing strongesg: - ' - Now /I am very tall;, my broad all gray, one gray and white, and the | ness amlLos; OF SLEEP. | FacSimile Signature of Ty CENTAUR COMPANY, | EW YORK. % For i The § Kind You Have Always Bought : Bears the Signature Use For Over Thirty Years CASTORIA THE CENTAUR COMPANY, NEW YORK CITY. to drink it. Her mother said that she could, so Ruth went ouf in the yard. As she was going to open the gate the cup of milk fell and the cup broke and all the milk ran out of the cup, and poor Ruth was crying. Ruth went to ask _her mother to give her some more milk. “What did you do with the milk?” her mother asked. “Did you drink it?” “No, I dropped the cup and broke it and all theg milk ran out.” “No, you may not,” said her moth She gave Ruth a nice big red app! to eat, but Ruth would not eat it. Ruth put it on the post by the 'gate and did not touch it any more. ROSE ALMA DEMUTH. Baltic. Last Day of ,School. Last Friday was the last day of school. We~-fad a good iime. We played all kinds of games. After that we sat under a nice shade tree and had ice cream and soda. NANCY TETREAULT, Age 10. Versailles. \1 The Little Japanese Girl. The little Japanese girl has dark, slanted eyes and straight, blaek hair. She wears a long dress with very large leaves shade many travelers during |sleeves and wears a sash around her the hot summer days; but one night a terrible thing happened. It was rain- ing very hard when a flash of light- ning came. I fell over and the next day my limbe were chopped off and I was made into a mast of a boat and I had many nice rides down the river. But one day the boat hit a rock and it went down to the bottom of the sea. JOHN O’NEIL, Age 12. Norwich? June Moths. My mother has two books named “Freckles” and “The Girl of the Lim- all_about moths. Out around the big electric light there are many moths. The Luna seems to be the most plentiful. I have a Luna, Qecropea. Promethea and oth- ers. . | We have a cocoon which we think is the rdrest in the country. Moths are one of the most wondrous works of nature. They are very beau- tiful. The Lunas are green with two trail- ers. The Cecropeas are the largest of all the June moths and are gray and red and clay colored—very pretty. ERIC GILBERT, Age 10, Danielson. Codfishing on the Banks of Newfound- land. Codfishing is the chief industry on the banks of Newfoundland. Most of these fish are caught on hooks hung on long limés that are anchored to the bottom of the sea. These lines are called trawls and are examined several times a day. Most of the cod caught on the trawls are prepared for market on the fishing schooners. They are sold either salt or fresh. In order to salt or curg them they are split open .and cleaned, soaked in barrels of brine, and then dried upon the wharf. Sometimes the bones are removed, the skin stripped off and the flesh torn into shreds and packed into boxes as boneless cod. Gloucester, in Massachusetts, is the. greatest fishing port of the United States. ¥ JESSIE L. BREHAUT. Bast Norwich, N. Y. A Little Girl. There was once a little girl whose name was Ruth. One day Ruth had a big cup of milk to drink. She asked her mother if she could go in the field i waist. She rides in a carriage which has only two wheels and is drawn by a man. This carriage is called a jin- : rikisha. She lives in a low house which has no doors in it. The walls of her house can be pushed aside so there is no need of doors. She does ,not eat on a large table iike we have, but she and the rest of her family have low tables of their own. She sits on the floor when she eats. She sleeps on blankets spread on the i lock of wood Bertast” which I Mie to read.. They tol} | LNr VI8 Ber beagpen o block o instead of a pillow. I think all the Wide-Awakes would like to go to Japan and visit her. ALICE QPRMA‘\', Age 12. Versailles. Donald Grant Mitchell. I am going to tell you about a writer who was born ‘in Norwich, Conn., in April, 1822, He lived for a few years with his grandfather and he loved the country very much. This writer's name was Donald Grant Mitchell. He said: “In the fields of God's planting there is room. The boy grows to manliness instead of growing to be like men.” In 1841 he graduated at Yale college. In' 1853 he was sent as consul to Venice. He returned in 1885 and bought a beautiful farm near New Haven, Conn., which he called Edge- wood. His stories which are best liked are called “Dream Life" and ‘“Reveries of a Bachelor.”” Mr. Mitchell wrote a book for chil- dren called “Among Old Story Tellers” which is very interesting. Julia Latham:'I thank you for telling me those pretty names for our calves. But I guess they won't any of them learn their names until fall, because my father has hired some pasture of a man over on the other side of the town. MILDRED E. GRANDY, Agzc 8. Yantie. GAMES FOR THE YOUNG. The Mandarins. The players all draw their chairg Into a circle, and one of them commences the game by saving, “My ship has come home from China.” His next door | nelghbor says, “Indeed, anq what has ]!t brought?’ The first player replies, | afid the gentlemen on the other. \and the opposite lady replies. | remain standing. | the plavers are all comfortably settled, “A fan”; and begins to fan herself with her right hand, al“the other players immediately copying her. The second player then turns to the next with the same remark. When asked what her ship has brought, she says “Two fans,” and commences to fan herself with both hands. On hearing that a ship has brought home three fans, the players all nod their heads, keeping so on until, by the time seven has -been reached, handy, heads, arms, le feet, eyes and mouth' are all moving. The fun lies in watching the movenients of the other players, who in their turn are g¢onvulsed over the absurdity of y. movements. Cross Questions and Crooked Answers The players arrange themselves in a circle and the first player commences the game by asking his neighbor a question and receiving a reply. The second player must do likewise, until every player has both asked a ques- tion and received an answer. The last player then asks a question of the first, who replies with ghe answer giv- en him to the question, which he, in the first instance, asked the second player. Another, and in most people’s opin- ion much more amusing way of play- ing the game, is for the players to seat themselves opposite to each other in_#wo rows, the ladies on one side Two of the players, a lady and a gentleman, ‘When the rest of the lady walks down the line behind the gentleman and asks each in turn a question. The gentleman at the same time whispers in the ‘ears of the ladies opposite ridiculous answers to the questions which are being ask- ed,” the nature of which he is entirely ignorant. Then, starting at the head of the line, the first gentleman repeats the question, which was asked him, The rest of the company are naturally highly amused at the absurd combinations, but the gentleman asking the question and the lady replying may neither laugh nor smile. If they do, they are obliged to pay forfeits, and retire from the game. The United States has 247 war ves- sels equipped with wireless, Great Br"(ain 213, France 141 and Germany 112, There 1s more Catarrh in this section of the country than all other diseases put together, and until the last few years was supposed to be incurable. ¥or a great many years doctors pro- Rotread tas Joshl. dlges e anA paa scribed local remedies, and by con- stantly failing to cure with local treat- ment, pronounced it incurable. Science has proven Catarrh to be a comstitu- tional disease, and therefore requires constitutional treatment. Halls’ Ca- tarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohlo, is the only constitutional cure on the market. It is taken internally in doses from 10 drops to a teaspoonful. It acts directly on the blopd and mucous surfaces of the system. They .offer one hundred do.lars for any case it falls to ocure. Send for circulars and testimonials. Address: F. J. CHENEY & CO., To- ledo, Onhlo. Sold by Drusgists, 75¢. Take Hall's Family Pills for consti- pation. — e e YOUR CHANCE TO GET AN AUTOMO- BILE. WHY PAY CASH FOR IT? Seloct your automoblle or delivery car from’ your own dealer. We wiil pay for it. You can pay us at your convenionce, witheut advance in priss. Auto Buyers’ Co. of Am. Inc, 1290 Broadwa), N. ¥. FRANK I. ROYCE, Agt., 35 Shetucket St. Norwich, Coms. mar20ThSTu The Thames National Bank tle girl was happy and smlling. She ran with a hop, skip and a jump to do the errand. _.Afier she reached the horseradish patch and had secured her roots, what did that little girl see in a clump of grass beside the sunny path but a blue violet blossom stretch- ing toward the sun. It didn’t take her fong to dig up the treasure and ru with it to the house. e “Take it immediately to Grandpa Ashton,” advised her delighted mother, “and tell’ him’ that I say it grew in the Path of Duty!” & Somewhat Puzzied, Goldie repated her mother’s message when she carried the violet, roots and all, to Grandpa Ashton. _ “Nine cases out of ten” observed'| Grandpa Ashton solemnly, as he placed a shining dollar in Goldie’s hand, “né’r:: cages out of ten, you will find cholcest treasiures in ‘the Path of Duty!” - “The yiolets are not out yet,” de- clared the Ai: ch!ldren,d v;hen at la;l returded, tired an Isappointed, from the woods. 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